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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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